papier mache
Example Sentences
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“The glue doesn’t stick. I’ve been doing papier-mâché for weeks.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
One of the most famous involved Frank Morris, and brothers Clarence and John Anglin, who escaped in June 1962 by placing papier-mâché heads in their beds and breaking out through ventilation ducts.
From BBC • May 10, 2025
Above us were giant papier-mâché heads of alebrijes — colorful Mexican folk art figurines — used at LA Librería’s recent appearance at the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
The tables featured papier-mâché vases, dahlias she’d grown herself and a few buckets of flowers from Little Jack Flower Farm in Snohomish.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024
Instead, I left a papier-mâché pencil holder on her porch the day before Nan and I left.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
